Annotation:Maid's Invention
X:1 T:Maid's Invention M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:Joseph Kershaw music manuscript (c. 1820) K:A A|cec BdB|cAA A2B|cec BdB|BGG G2B| cec BdB|Aaa agf|edc BdB|cAA A2:| |:c|Bdg gdB|gdB gdB|cea aec|aec aec| cec BdB|efg agf|edc BdB|cAA A2:|]
MAID'S INVENTION. English, Jig (6/8 time) A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody is contained in the Joseph Kershaw manuscript. Kershaw was a fiddler who lived in Slackcote, Saddleworth, North West England, in the 19th century, and his manuscript dates from around 1820 onwards.
